{"conversationCode":"499-008","tapeNumber":499,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-499-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-14T13:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-14T14:00:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1971","startTime":"9:58 AM","endDate":"14-May-1971","endTime":"10:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 499-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 499-8\n\nDate: May 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:58 am and 10:00 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n[Conversation No. 499-8A]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/10/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[499-008-w001]\n[Duration: 21s]\n\n     H. R. (“Bob’) Haldeman’s schedule\n          -John G. Tower\n               -Texas politics\n               -John B. Connally\n                     -Recent breakfast with the President\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[End of conversation]","filename":["499-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:47:03","tapeEnd":"00:47:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"499-007","nextCode":"499-009","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":5.24,"text":"I want you to see Tower today before we leave."},{"start":5.62,"end":11.29,"text":"The reason is, I think, Connelly, I think this thing's going to break very soon."},{"start":11.31,"end":12.77,"text":"And tell him that I just had breakfast with Connelly's at the farm."},{"start":12.79,"end":19.32,"text":"And don't let him give you any of that yapping people all about it, because this deal is one that Connelly's put together, and I know it's at the highest level."},{"start":19.34,"end":20.4,"text":"OK. Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs H. R. Haldeman to meet with Senator John Tower to discuss developments regarding John B. Connally and Texas politics. Nixon emphasizes that a significant deal involving Connally is reaching a critical stage and is being handled at the highest level. The President instructs Haldeman to ensure Tower is briefed on this matter and to discourage any potential political skepticism or complaints from the Senator.","topics":["John B. Connally","John G. Tower","Texas politics","Political strategy","H. R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:16:46.314Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","john-g-tower","texas-politics","political-strategy","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"499-008.mp3","bytes":859742,"durationSec":21.36,"bitrate":321944,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/499-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/499-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/499/conversation-499-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}